Sector Update: Healthcare Stocks Higher Pre-Bell Monday

09:20 AM EDT, 10/12/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were higher premarket Monday, with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) gaining 0.3% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advancing 0.1%. First Tracks Biotherapeutics (TRAX) stock was 23% higher after the company posted positive top-line data from cohort 1 of its phase 1b clinical trial evaluating its lead investigational drug, ANB033, for celiac disease. Humana (HUM) stock was up 0.6% premarket after DataMeds AI (MEDS) said its Helomics subsidiary received a Medicaid coverage determination from Humana for its ChemoFx test in gynecologic cancers. Mirum Pharmaceuticals (MIRM) shares were up more than 2% after the company said a phase 3 study of livmarli, or maralixibat, in cholestatic pruritus, met its primary endpoint.